Simply photos of matchday and stadium visits, mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands, occasionally in Britain or farther afield. Others call it 'groundhopping', whereas I prefer using 'football tourism'... but things have run slightly out of control: therefore, this is Extreme Football Tourism.

Monday, 27 November 2017

Kapelstraat, Hoeilaart (Eendracht Racing Club Hoeilaart, formerly Zwarte Duivels SV Hoeilaart & Eendracht Hoeilaart)Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant26 XI 2017 / ERC Hoeilaart - FC Heur-Tongeren 1-2 / VFV League 3B (= BE level 5)Note: ERC Hoeilaart are the result of a merger between the originally Roman-Catholic club Eendracht Hoeilaart and their liberal counterparts KRC Hoeilaart, concluded in 2002; football has since been played exclusively at Eendracht's premises at Kapelstraat, as Racing Club's ground was knocked down immediately after ERC Hoeilaart were formed.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Veldmeers, Laarne (KVV Laarne-Kalken)Belgium, province: East Flanders25 XI 2017 / VV Laarne-Kalken - FC SKV Overmere 3-2 / East Flanders, Provincial League 3B (= BE level 8)Note: KVV Laarne-Kalken are a merger of SK Kalken and FC Eendracht Laarne, formed in 2007; in the original plans, KFC Hoger Op Kalken was also due to join, but, in the end, this club chose to continue independently. The Veldmeers ground, inaugurated in 2007, was created by the Laarne municipality specifically to accommodate the new merger club.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Sunday, 26 November 2017

Bernisse - Wethouder Gelderlandlaan, Heenvliet (GHVV '13, formerly HVV Bernisse)Netherlands, province: South Holland25 XI 2017 / GHVV '13 - NSVV 0-5 / District West II, Saturday League 3D (= NL level 8)Note: Geervliet-Heenvliet Voetbalvereniging '13 (GHVV '13) are a merger of HVV Bernisse from Heenvliet and PFC from Geervliet, which was concluded in 2016. Youth teams from both clubs had already been playing under the same flag and name since 2013. Since the merger, first team football has been played in Heenvliet for the first half of the season, moving to Geervliet's Toldijk ground for the set of matches after the winter break.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Complexe Omnisports - Rue de l'Avenir, Piéton (US Piéton & Union Entité Chapelloise, formerly FC Piéton)Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen23 XI 2017 / UE Chapelloise B - FC Péronnes 0-2 / Hainaut, Provincial League 4E (= BE level 9)Note: after Provincial Leaguers FC Piéton ceased all activities in mid-2016, it took a year until a new club was created: US Piéton (named after the first club in Piéton, which was a member of Belgian FA until 1991); contrary to their predecessors, the new US Piéton play their football under the aegis of the RGCCMB (Royal Groupement Corporatif Centre-Mons-Borinage), an association of Saturday league clubs from Hainaut. For the 2017-2018 season, US Piéton are joined by Union Entité Chapelloise as the ground in Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont is being renovated.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author